The 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] One third of the council was elected.[2] One candidate was elected from each of the council's 22 wards.[3]
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22 of 66 seats to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 48,707 (34.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editIn the 2022 election, the Labour Party retained a supermajority of seats.[4]
Labour retained its majority on the council, although lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.[5]
Summary
editElection result
edit2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 15 | 68.2 | 34 | 49 | 74.2 | 24,456 | 50.3 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 31.8 | 10 | 17 | 25.8 | 13,363 | 27.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6,079 | 12.5 | –4.0 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,654 | 7.5 | –0.7 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 547 | 1.1 | +0.5 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 0.6 | +0.5 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Save Us Now | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
Ward results
editThe results for each ward were as follows:[6][7][8][9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Thomas Elliott | 1,224 | 56.6 | +13.8 | |
Labour | Catherine Mary Davison | 768 | 35.5 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | Joseph Ronald Callanhan | 169 | 7.8 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 456 | 21.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2171 | 35.4 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Malcolm Alfred Brain | 1,312 | 65.6 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Hawkins | 353 | 17.6 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Edward Bohill | 219 | 10.9 | −17.8 | |
TUSC | Tom Allen | 117 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 959 | 48.0 | +23.8 | ||
Turnout | 2001 | 28.2 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Goldsworthy | 904 | 58.2 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Martin Backley | 248 | 16.0 | −1.6 | |
Green | Andy Blanchflower | 223 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Cooper | 177 | 11.4 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 656 | 42.2 | |||
Turnout | 1561 | 27.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael McNestry | 1,681 | 66.8 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Louise Beatrice Prince | 402 | 16.0 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Margaret Callender | 316 | 12.6 | +5.5 | |
TUSC | Tony Dodds | 118 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1279 | 50.8 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 2535 | 38.0 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Keith Wood | 1,245 | 57.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | David William Potts | 408 | 18.9 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Peter Kenyon | 295 | 13.7 | −0.2 | |
Green | Thomas Frederick Newell | 118 | 5.5 | −2.2 | |
TUSC | Mark Robertson | 95 | 4.4 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 837 | 38.7 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2169 | 33.2 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kathryn Alexandra Henderson | 1,374 | 48.1 | +2.7 | |
Green | Jack Philipson | 1,017 | 35.6 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Christopher Anthony Coxon | 319 | 11.2 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Christopher Martin William Jones-Lyons | 147 | 5.1 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 357 | 7.5 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2867 | 40.1 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bernadette Teresa Oliphant | 1,075 | 56.7 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Gilson Fawcett | 220 | 11.6 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Josh Alan Knotts | 220 | 11.6 | −5.5 | |
Green | Gary Rutherford Brooks | 194 | 10.2 | −0.1 | |
Reform UK | Robert Keith Kelly | 135 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
TUSC | Norman Hall | 52 | 2.7 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 855 | 45.1 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 1903 | 30.4 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gary Robert Haley | 996 | 61.0 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Forster Walls | 345 | 21.1 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Jordan-Lee Guthrie | 291 | 17.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 651 | 39.9 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 1641 | 27.5 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Dunston Hill and Whickham East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Vicky Anderson | 1,250 | 51.7 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Andrew Dylan Moir | 698 | 26.9 | −5.1 | |
Green | Isabel Mary Blanchflower | 201 | 8.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Jak Hocking | 195 | 8.1 | −3.2 | |
Save Us Now | Graham Steele | 75 | 3.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 552 | 24.8 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 2429 | 37.0 | −1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Joseph Kasfikis | 916 | 62.9 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Crompton Jackson | 255 | 17.5 | +0.7 | |
Green | Ashleigh Taylor McLean | 149 | 10.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Waqas | 137 | 9.4 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 1457 | 45.4 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 1457 | 26.1 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
High Fell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kathryn Dorothea Walker | 1,519 | 72.9 | +14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Len Bell | 210 | 10.1 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Francis Thomas Athey | 204 | 9.8 | −4.6 | |
TUSC | Elaine Brunskill | 152 | 7.3 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1309 | 62.8 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 2094 | 35.2 | +6.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sheila Gallagher | 1,382 | 62.7 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Herdman | 419 | 19.0 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway | 219 | 9.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Neil Campbell Grant | 184 | 8.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 963 | 43.7 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 2219 | 30.9 | −1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lobley Hill and Bensham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eileen McMaster | 1,282 | 59.6 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | John Rogan Gardiner | 336 | 15.6 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Rickelton | 274 | 12.7 | +1.2 | |
Green | Andy Redfern | 258 | 12.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 946 | 44.0 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 2161 | 31.4 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Low Fell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ron Beadle | 1,836 | 59.0 | +10.7 | |
Labour | Vincent Edward James Humphries | 833 | 26.8 | −10.0 | |
Green | Mark Andrew Gorman | 297 | 9.5 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Sterling | 146 | 4.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 1003 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 3124 | 45.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Paul Diston | 1,202 | 52.7 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Heather Rhoda Maddison | 862 | 37.8 | −3.7 | |
Green | Nicholas Boldrini | 139 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Ali Reza Akbari Pargam | 76 | 3.3 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 340 | 14.9 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2285 | 35.6 | +1.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Geddes | 1,545 | 57.4 | −2.3 | |
Green | Andrew Mason | 315 | 11.7 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Susan Mary Wilson | 286 | 10.6 | −5.8 | |
Independent | Doug Musgrove | 281 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Ann Duggan | 215 | 8.0 | −1.7 | |
TUSC | Ros Cooper | 48 | 1.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1230 | 45.7 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2699 | 39.1 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leanne May Brand | 900 | 45.2 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Robert Lee Waugh | 842 | 42.3 | −6.3 | |
Green | Gabriel Rubinstein | 124 | 6.2 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Ableson | 123 | 6.2 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 58 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1996 | 32.4 | −1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Stuart Green | 1,251 | 66.3 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Robert Jordison | 338 | 17.9 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | John Robert McNeil | 298 | 15.8 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 913 | 48.4 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 1898 | 32.2 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christopher James Ord | 1,497 | 63.9 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Jeff Bowe | 647 | 27.6 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | John Callanhan | 197 | 8.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 850 | 36.3 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 2341 | 38.0 | +2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Charles Wallace | 1,829 | 64.3 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Sam Daniel Grist | 662 | 23.3 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Perry Wilson | 273 | 9.6 | −2.1 | |
TUSC | Joel Jackson Byers | 82 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1167 | 41.0 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2855 | 43.9 | −1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Windy Nook and Whitehills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Turnbull | 1,221 | 62.2 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Kyle Lambert Murray | 353 | 18.0 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Walker | 253 | 12.9 | −1.8 | |
Green | Ruth Christina Grant | 137 | 7.0 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 868 | 44.2 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 1976 | 28.6 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Theresa Hall | 1,441 | 57.5 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Lewis Ormston | 642 | 25.6 | −4.8 | |
Green | Paul Martin McNally | 298 | 11.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Graham Randall | 126 | 5.0 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 799 | 31.9 | +8.9 | ||
Turnout | 2516 | 36.7 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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